Apple PowerBook Duo: The Laptop That Was Also a Desktop

In the early 1990’s, there was an industry trend to make laptops smaller and lighter. These so-called subnotebooks often resulted in a compromise between portability and practicality. Apple’s PowerBook Duo series, however, tried to do everything. Sources (in order of appearance): AST Premium Exec laptop photo: PC Magazine, April 14, 1992. Toshiba Libretto photo: : LGR’s ThinkPad 701c video: HP Omnibook 800CT photo: Compaq Contura Aero photo: PC Magazine, September 28, 1993. Computerworld, August 15, 1994. MacUser, December 1992. Macworld, December 1992. Macworld, December 1993. Macintosh Duo